Project Update #5: Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook by Dina Falconi and Wendy Hollender 1FEB13

HERE is another Kickstarter project I decided to support, this is the 6th project I have backed and the 5th to meet it's fundraising goal and so will receive the pledges from people like me. I am not rich, but I sure ain't poor, God has been good to me and so if I can lend a hand for a worthy cause or project I'll do it. Check out Kickstarter some time, maybe you'll find a project you'll want to support.....

Hello Everyone, This is an amazing time for us. Two days ago we were pleasantly surprised to learn that Kickstarter had chosen our book as “Project of The Day”. By the end of that day we had reached 85% of our goal ($20,000). All of a sudden at 2 pm yesterday the pledges literally starting flying in: Ten orders every second! Either I called Dina or she called me, (who can remember, we were so flustered) and we watched our computer screens in astonishment, what could be happening? A few moments later we received a newsletter from Kickstarter. They were recommending three projects: ours was the first one! The day continued as a blur. We met our Kickstarter goal in the next twenty minutes and the pledges kept flowing like a stream after a major (but very loving) storm. 24 hours later we are over $52,000! Many people are emailing questions and suggestions and we are trying to respond to everyone. Words cannot express the level of gratitude we are feeling right now. For three years we have been quietly working and preparing this book, often taking walks together at the end of a workday, fantasizing how we would make this project a reality. You have made it real. P.S. We set our project goal of $25,000 as a partial contribution toward the actual cost of pre-production and printing. Please note that with more pledges we can produce an even better book, instructive visual products and perhaps an e-book. Thank you! Regards, Dina and Wendy